Ayers v. MacOughtry
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; John H. King, Judge. Action by Paul B. Macoughtry against C. C. Ayers. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
This case presents error from the district court of Muskogee county, to which it was transferred after statehood, having been originally brought in the United States Court for the Western district of the Indian territory, at Muskogee. Plaintiff in error, as defendant, was sued by defendant in error for damages which he alleged were suffered by him in consequence of being bitten by a vicious dog kept and owned by the defendant.
The averments of the petition are substantially as follows: That defendant resided in the city of Muskogee, and kept at his house a vicious and dangerous dog, which was…
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- Commonwealth v. PearMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- McGarrahan v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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